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  <recipe>
    <head>
      <title>1-2-3-4 Cake</title>
      <categories>
        <cat>Cakes</cat></categories>
      <yield>6</yield></head>
    <ingredients>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>cup</unit></amt>
        <item>Butter</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>cup</unit></amt>
        <item>Milk</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>teaspoon</unit></amt>
        <item>Vanilla</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>2</qty>
          <unit>cups</unit></amt>
        <item>Sugar</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1/2</qty>
          <unit>teaspoons</unit></amt>
        <item>Salt</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>3</qty>
          <unit>cups</unit></amt>
        <item>Flour</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>3</qty>
          <unit>teaspoons</unit></amt>
        <item>Baking powder</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>4</qty>
          <unit/></amt>
        <item>Eggs</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>2</qty>
          <unit/></amt>
        <item>Unsweetened chocolate</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1 1/2</qty>
          <unit>cups</unit></amt>
        <item>Confectioners sugar</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit/></amt>
        <item>Egg, beaten</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>teaspoon</unit></amt>
        <item>Vanilla</item></ing></ingredients>
    <directions>
      <step>   ea CHOCOLATE ICING                   1/2 c butter CAKE: Cream
  butter until fluffy.  Add sugar and cream well. Add eggs one at a time.
  Beat well.  Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add alternating
  with milk ending with flour.  Beat on low speed. Add vanilla.
   Pour into greased, floured pans.  Makes three layers. Bake at 350 for 30
  minutes.  Test for doneness.
  CHOCOLATE ICING:  Melt butter and chocolate in double boiler. Remove from
  heat.  Blend sugar, egg, salt and vanilla into chocolate mixture. Beat
  until icing is creamy. Double for threelayers.
  
  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
 
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